20 movies like Diary of a Madman, ordered by similarity : Before I Hang(1940), Woodpeckers(2017), A Haunting At Silver Falls(2013), The Prodigy(2019), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark(2019), Sometimes They Come Back(1991), Black Friday(1940), The Psychopath(1966), Haunter(2013), The Exorcist(1973), Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1965), Ouija: Origin of Evil(2016) ...
Horror
USA
1963
96 Minutes
Vincent Price Nancy Kovack Chris Warfield Elaine Devry Steve Roberts Lewis Martin Ian Wolfe Edward Colmans Mary Adams Harvey Stephens
judge prisoner love interest police chief doctor creepy dark paris prison household ghosts demonic possession insanity murder sleepwalking death sentence fall discovery 1960s
An evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
96 Minutes
Alix Elizabeth Gitter James Ralph Erick Avari Steve Bacic Jade Ramsey James C. Burns Nikita Ramsey Tadhg Kelly Tara Westwood James Cavlo
orphan uncle young girl murder victim murderer ghost creepy dark dreamy suspenseful touching thrilling united states countryside country house village small town murder murder investigation ghosts
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is, only to find the killer is very close to her.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2019
92 Minutes
Taylor Schilling Jackson Robert Scott Peter Mooney Colm Feore Paul Fauteux Brittany Allen Olunike Adeliyi Elisa Moolecherry Paula Boudreau Mark Sparks Michael Dyson
son mother father demon expert dark uneasy creepy brooding chilling house nursery laboratory bathtub school classroom possession parent/child relationship supernatural demonic possession
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Mexico
2019
111 Minutes
Zoe Colletti Michael Garza Gabriel Rush Austin Abrams Dean Norris Gil Bellows Austin Zajur Natalie Ganzhorn Lorraine Toussaint Kathleen Pollard Deborah Pollitt
teenager ghost friend police officer monster dark creepy gripping frightening uneasy thrilling school house classroom field police station barn ghosts paranormal events escape
On Halloween 1968, Stella and her two friends meet a mysterious drifter, Ramón, and uncover a sinister notebook of stories.
Horror
1991
97 Minutes
Tim Matheson Brooke Adams William Sanderson Robert Gorman Robert Rusler Bentley Mitchum Chris Demetral
teacher wife son ghost brother teenager creepy dark tense high school small town house tunnel relocation murder false accusations traumatic past supernatural second chance discovery
Teens from hell seek belated revenge on a high-school teacher (Tim Matheson) with a wife (Brooke Adams) and son.
Horror
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Stanley Ridges Anne Nagel Anne Gwynne Virginia Brissac Edmund MacDonald Paul Fix Murray Alper Jack Mulhall Joe King
doctor professor mobster rival wife reporter tense creepy prison office street death row madness brain transplants organized crime murder death sentence mind control revenge pursuit
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Horror
UK
1966
83 Minutes
inspector disabled person mother son serial killer brooding dark suspenseful intricate mansion england crime scene serial murders wealth murder plot dark secrets world war ii investigation discovery mystery
Four men who were involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of World War II are found murdered with tiny dolls left next to their corpses.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|France
2013
97 Minutes
Abigail Breslin Stephen McHattie Peter Outerbridge Michelle Nolden David Hewlett Peter DaCunha Eleanor Zichy Samantha Weinstein
ghost serial killer girl teen girl murderer murder victim suspenseful thrilling frenetic frightening haunted house house ontario, canada canada murder time travel time warp serial murders ghosts possession
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Horror
USA
1973
122 Minutes
Ellen Burstyn Linda Blair Max von Sydow Lee J. Cobb Kitty Winn Jack MacGowran Jason Miller Reverend William O'Malley Barton Heyman Peter Masterson Rudolf Schündler
priest actress psychiatrist doctor detective daughter creepy dark shocking frightening washington, d.c. iraq household bedroom house georgetown demonic possession catholicism mother/child relationship faith
When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.
Horror
USA
1965
133 Minutes
Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland Joseph Cotten Agnes Moorehead Cecil Kellaway Victor Buono Mary Astor Bruce Dern
spinster murderer housekeeper suspenseful dark creepy campy louisiana household plantation murder death dreams drugs mystery fall 1920s
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
99 Minutes
Elizabeth Reaser Annalise Basso Lulu Wilson Henry Thomas Parker Mack Halle Charlton Alexis G. Zall Doug Jones Kate Siegel Sam Anderson Chelsea Gonzalez
widow daughter medium priest demon investigator creepy dark intense house seance school bedroom classroom office scam ouija board possession killing spree danger
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.
Horror
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Joan Barclay Clayton Moore George Pembroke Robert Frazer Edward Piel Sr. Robert Fiske
federal agent doctor niece industrialist killer prisoner chilling fascinating thrilling washington, d.c. office embassy house prison tokyo murder cult espionage investigation world war ii
A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick ... See full summary »
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Horror
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Kane Hodder Dee Wallace Sid Haig Michael Berryman Tony Todd Lindsay Hartley Barbara Crampton
agent criminal prisoner scientist doctor superhuman brutal gory thrilling intense uneasy disturbing medical building institution secret headquarters prison laboratory hospital room supernatural prison
Two guards fighting through a power breakdown inside the secret 'Death House' prison must fight to survive ruthless inmates and even supernatural horrors.
Romance, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA|Mexico
2015
119 Minutes
Mia Wasikowska Jessica Chastain Tom Hiddleston Charlie Hunnam Jim Beaver Burn Gorman Leslie Hope Doug Jones Jonathan Hyde Bruce Gray Emily Coutts
woman mysterious man sister psychic ghost childhood friend dark creepy intense england house ballroom mansion bedroom bathroom haunting ghosts mysterious strangers survival danger
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
Horror, Romance
Vietnam|South Korea
2016
105 Minutes
Kate Nhung Jean-Michel Richaud Kim Xuan Svitlana Kovalenko Rosie Fellner Kien An Phi Phung
landowner widower housekeeper orphan ghost jealous woman dark creepy gripping intense thrilling vietnam plantation house mansion vengeance love haunting ghosts forbidden love
When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy|USA
2018
152 Minutes
Dakota Johnson Tilda Swinton Mia Goth Angela Winkler Ingrid Caven Elena Fokina Sylvie Testud Renée Soutendijk Chloë Grace Moretz Jessica Harper Christine Leboutte
dancer choreographer witch performer ballerina doctor dark uneasy creepy chilling disturbing dance studio bedroom stage backstage doctor's office dance witchcraft suspicion possession
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Horror
USA
1944
73 Minutes
John Carradine Jean Parker Nils Asther Ludwig Stossel George Pembroke Teala Loring Sonia Sorel Iris Adrian Henry Kolker Emmett Lynn Patti McCarty
murderer artist seamstress inspector ex-lover dark creepy artist's studio funeral paris france murder case painting dangerous job wretched excess transformation love 19th century
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
Horror
Germany
1919
69 Minutes
Werner Krauss Conrad Veidt Lil Dagover Friedrich Feher Rudolf Lettinger Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Rudolf Klein-Rogge
doctor woman man sleepwalker dark creepy eerie striking germany village murder madness kidnapping hypnosis pursuit discovery fall 1910s
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.